The Gutenberg Dinner: Women in Print

For over 20 years, The Printing Museum has honored persons with the Gutenberg Award who share the Museum’s mission of promoting, preserving and sharing knowledge of printed communication and art as the greatest contributors to the development of the civilized world and the continuing development of freedom and literacy.

On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, The Printing Museum will host The Gutenberg Dinner celebrating Women in Print.

This year’s dinner promises to be a special event with Dr. Renu Khator, (pictured below) UH System Chancellor and President of the University of Houston, as the keynote speaker and honorees, Ms. Debbi Briggs, founder and president/CEO of ImageSet, and Ms. Dorris Ellis, founder and publisher of the Houston Sun.

Past recipients have included Former President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Bush, James Baker, III, F.C. “Bud” Hadfield, Dick Johnson and, most recently, Julie and Andy Plata.

Dating back to 1868, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton published their way into history becoming the foremothers of the struggle for women’s equality and expressing their views through The Revolution, a newspaper primarily focused on women’s rights. Katharine Meyer Graham, an American publisher and leader of her family’s newspaper, The Washington Post, and Gloria Steinam, American journalist, New York magazine columnist and founder of Ms. Magazine, continued to blaze a trail for women’s equality through print.

Women, like these, have played an important role in the art and business of printing and publishing, but unfortunately, many of their names are lost to history.

Now remarkable women, such as Dr. Renu Khator, Ms. Debbi Briggs and Ms. Dorris Ellis have impacted the world of printing, literacy and freedom locally.

The Printing Museum is dedicated to fostering the art, craft and impact of printing in all its forms for women, and their families throughout the Greater Houston area.

For more information on how you can become involved with The Gutenberg Dinner through a sponsorship or to purchase a table or ticket, please contact Alexandria Hodge at (713) 522-4652 or [email protected].

The Printing Museum, formerly known as the Museum of Printing History, was founded in 1979 and opened in 1982. The mission of The Printing Museum is to promote, preserve, and share the knowledge of printed communication and art as the greatest contributors to the development of the civilized world and the continuing advancement of freedom and literacy.

The Printing Museum is located at 1324 West Clay St. in North Montrose, and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call 713-522-4652 or visit online at www.printingmuseum.org.